Patents by Inventor Lionel Czapla

Lionel Czapla has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230084689
    Abstract: An assembly including a support panel of an internal fixed structure, a thermal protection element and a plurality of fastening systems. Each fastening system includes a female part secured to the support panel and which has, in its interior, a circular shoulder, and a male part including a sleeve pierced with a main bore, a slide movable in translation in the main bore and a plurality of balls. For each ball, the sleeve has a secondary bore, and each ball is movable along the secondary bore between a locking position and an unlocking position. The slide is movable in translation between a blocking position and an unlocking position. Such an assembly makes it possible to fasten the thermal protection element to the support panel in a simple and rapid manner, also permitting easy removal if necessary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Frédéric PIARD, Lionel CZAPLA
  • Publication number: 20230043843
    Abstract: An aircraft including at least one hydrogen engine, at least one hydrogen supply device including at least one hydrogen tank and at least one item of equipment through which the hydrogen flows and which is positioned between the hydrogen tank and the hydrogen engine. The aircraft includes at least one sealed container sealed from the outside air, in which sealed container the equipment of the hydrogen supply device is positioned. This solution allows a safe hydrogen installation to be obtained using existing equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Alexis PISSAVIN, Lionel CZAPLA, Alistair FORBES
  • Publication number: 20230044493
    Abstract: A heat exchanger including a sealed housing and a body positioned inside the housing, the body including a stack of least one first assembly of first and second plates pressed against each other, between which flows a first fluid, and at least one second assembly of third and fourth plates pressed against each other, between which flows a second fluid, the first and second assemblies being arranged so that they transfer heat between the first and second fluids. This configuration limits the risk of leaks and mixing of the two fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Lionel CZAPLA, Jorge A. CARRETERO BENIGNOS
  • Publication number: 20230045036
    Abstract: An aircraft including a fuselage, a wing structure, at least one turbomachine running on hydrogen and generating thrust at a propulsion unit distant from the fuselage, at least one fuel tank positioned in the fuselage and configured to store hydrogen in the cryogenic state, at least one hydrogen supply device connecting the fuel tank and the turbomachine and including at least one pump positioned in the fuselage in the vicinity of the fuel tank, at least one hydrogen heating system positioned in the fuselage in the vicinity of the pump. This solution makes it possible to reduce a length of the complex double-walled pipes configured for carrying the hydrogen in the cryogenic state between the fuel tank and the hydrogen heating system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Lionel CZAPLA, Antoine ABELE, Benjamin THUBERT, Alexis PISSAVIN, Abhishek VERMA, Alistair FORBES, Jorge A. CARRETERO BENIGNOS, Benedikt BAMMER
  • Patent number: 11572189
    Abstract: An acoustic absorption structure comprising a plurality of resonators. Each resonator comprises a first chamber which has a first mouthpiece delimited by an edge pressed against an inner surface of a porous zone of a skin so that the first chamber and the skin delimit a first cavity, a second chamber, in which is positioned the first chamber, which delimits, with the first chamber, a second cavity, at least one acoustic orifice passing through the first chamber, at least one drainage orifice passing through the first chamber and at least one drainage hole passing the second chamber, each drainage orifice and each drainage hole being configured to limit an accumulation of fluid in the resonator. Also, an aircraft propulsive assembly or an aircraft comprising the acoustic absorption structure are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Claire Maffre, Jérôme Gaillardo, Lionel Czapla, Florian Ravise, Laurent Caliman, Laurent Cazeaux, Antoine Cousin, Denis Brossard
  • Publication number: 20230022291
    Abstract: A propulsion assembly for an aircraft, comprising a nacelle, a propulsion system housed in the nacelle and comprising a fairing, a rotary assembly that has a combustion chamber and is housed in the fairing, an exhaust nozzle delimited by a nozzle wall of the fairing, a fuel tank, a supply duct which connects the tank and the combustion chamber, and a heat exchanger system ensuring, during operation of the propulsion system, an exchange of heat energy between the hot combustion gases circulating in the nozzle and the colder fuel circulating in the supply duct by thermal radiation through the nozzle wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Jorge A. CARRETERO BENIGNOS, Lionel CZAPLA
  • Publication number: 20220411084
    Abstract: A propulsion unit, and an aircraft, with a propeller and electric motor, including at least one intermediate element interposed between the electric motor and the propeller and configured to transmit at least thrust loads generated by the propeller, a primary structure supporting the propulsion unit, at least one interface having: a first load path, configured to transmit loads perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the propeller, linking the at least one intermediate element to a support linked rigidly to or incorporated in the primary structure, a second load path, configured to transmit loads that are parallel to the axis of rotation of the propeller, linking the at least one intermediate element to a support linked rigidly to or incorporated in the primary structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Pascal POME, Nicolas JOLIVET, Rémi AMARGIER, Lionel CZAPLA, Franck ALVAREZ, Kotaro FUKASAKU, Benoît PENVEN, Delphine JALBERT, Laurent LAFONT, Milan TASIC, Frédéric GOUPIL, Jean-Victor LAPEYRE, Emmanuel MERMOZ
  • Patent number: 11519362
    Abstract: A turbofan has a nacelle delimiting a duct for a bypass flow and comprises a fixed structure comprising a guide vane support with guide vanes, a mobile cowl able to move in translation between an advanced position and a retracted position, arms, each one being mobile in rotation between a stowed position and a deployed position and comprising a distal end and a proximal end, a flexible screen, of which an exterior edge is attached to the guide vane support rearward of the guide vanes, and wherein the distal end of each arm is fixed along the interior edge, actuators to cause the mobile cowl to move, and an operating system which moves each arm. Replacing the reversal doors and their drive mechanisms with the flexible screen and the set of rotationally-mobile arms allows a reduction in weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Lionel Czapla, Benjamin Thubert, Julien Le Fanic
  • Publication number: 20220355942
    Abstract: A propulsion system for an aircraft, which has a chassis, a propeller able to move in rotation about an axis of rotation, a main gear as one with the propeller, an electric generator, at least one linear electric motor having a fixed element and a slider able to move in translation, for each linear electric motor, a secondary gear meshing with the main gear and mounted to be able to move in rotation about an axis of rotation perpendicular to the axis of rotation, and a rod of which one end is articulated on the corresponding slider and of which the other end is articulated on the corresponding secondary gear at an articulation that is offset with respect to the axis of rotation of the secondary gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Pascal POME, Lionel CZAPLA, Benjamin THUBERT
  • Publication number: 20220289396
    Abstract: An aircraft pylon comprising a primary structure and a pipe segment having an internal duct positioned inside at least one structural tube primary structure. This solution makes it possible to reduce the crowding outside the structural tubes of the primary structure, makes it easier to integrate other equipment inside the pylon, and may help to improve the aerodynamic performance of the pylon by reducing its cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Theophile HORDE, Lionel CZAPLA, Christophe LABARTHE
  • Publication number: 20220228541
    Abstract: A turbofan engine with a nacelle and a flow path, in which the nacelle comprises a movable cowl that makes it possible to define a window between the flow path and the outside, veils with a first edge fixed to the movable cowl and alternately assuming a folded position or a deployed position across the flow path, and a pneumatic system displacing a second edge of the veils from the folded position to the deployed position and vice versa. The pneumatic system comprises a rigid main roll, for each veil, at least one extendable secondary roll fixed to a second edge of the veil, and a pressurization and depressurization system which, alternately, generates a pressure or a depression in each secondary roll. Replacing the reverse doors and their driving mechanisms with flexible veils and a pneumatic system allows for a weight reduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Alain PORTE, Lionel CZAPLA, Benjamin THUBERT
  • Patent number: 11348565
    Abstract: An assembly forming an acoustic insulator having a first sheet, a pierced second sheet, and a plurality of first and second structures. Each first structure comprises a first and a second strip, wherein each is shaped to form half of the wall of a cage and wherein, for two successive halves, each strip comprises a facet of a joining wall. Each second structure is made up of a first and a second strip, wherein each is shaped to form half of the wall of a cone, wherein. For each strip, at least one of the wall halves of each cone is pierced. For two successive halves, each strip comprises one facet of the connecting wall. Each cone is located in a cell and each connecting wall is located between the two facets of a joining wall, and, between two adjacent first structures, a second structure is likewise fitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Florian Ravise, Lionel Czapla
  • Patent number: 11242821
    Abstract: A turbofan having a nacelle delimiting a duct for a bypass flow and including a fixed structure including a guide vane support with guide vanes, a mobile cowl movable in translation between an advanced position and a retracted position, arms, each one being mobile in rotation on the guide vane support between a stowed position and a deployed position and comprising a distal end and a proximal end, for each pair of adjacent arms, a flexible screen extending angularly between the two arms, and of which an exterior edge is attached to the guide vane support, and wherein the distal end of each arm is fixed along the interior edge, a link rod mounted articulated between the distal ends, actuators to cause the mobile cowl to move, and an operating system which moves each arm. Such an arrangement allows a reduction in weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Lionel Czapla, Benjamin Thubert, Julien Le Fanic
  • Patent number: 11215141
    Abstract: A turbofan comprising a motor and a nacelle, surrounding the motor, where a duct for a bypass flow is delimited between the nacelle and the motor and in which a flow of air flows. The nacelle comprises reverser flaps where each one is articulated between a stowed position in which it is not in the bypass duct and a deployed position in which it is across the bypass duct. The turbofan has at least one reverser flap with at least one leakage window configured to allow airflow in the deployed position. The at least one reverser flap has at least one fin extending across the leakage window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Pascal Gardes, Frédéric Ridray, Lionel Czapla
  • Patent number: 11187188
    Abstract: A ducted fan turbojet including a nacelle including a fixed structure, a thrust reverser system having a frame, a mobile structure fastened to the frame, inner doors and outer doors hinged at the frame. The frame is mobile in translation on the fixed structure between a forward position and a rear position so as to define a window between the fixed structure and the mobile structure, the window being open between a bypass duct and the exterior of the nacelle. Each door is mobile between a stowed position and a deployed position and the mobile structure is assembled hinged on the frame via at least one hinge whose axis of rotation is globally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the ducted fan turbojet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Frédéric Ridray, Lionel Czapla, Frédéric Piard
  • Patent number: 11168644
    Abstract: A turbofan including a motor, nacelle and a secondary duct therebetween. The nacelle includes a fan casing with front and rear parts, a fixed assembly including a fixed structure and the front part, a mobile assembly with an openwork frame, a mobile cowl and the rear part and mobile between advanced and retracted positions in which a window is open between the secondary duct and the exterior of the nacelle, inner doors articulated between stowed and deployed positions, a first actuator for moving the frame and a second actuator for moving each inner door. The rear part is divided into outer flaps mobile between lowered and raised positions and is moved by an electric motor. A jet engine accordingly serves to increase retraction distance by freeing up part of the fan cowl and improve orientation of flow of air passing through the window by orienting the outer flaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Laurent Presseq, Julie Cazalis, Lionel Sillieres, Bastian Sabathier, José Goncalves, Frédéric Piard, Lionel Czapla, Thierry Gaches, Frédéric Ridray, Pascal Gardes
  • Patent number: 11072433
    Abstract: A locking system for locking a cowl to a fixed structure including first and second parts, the first part including a first hook moveable on the cowl and a first shaft fixed to the fixed structure in which the first hook is moveable between locked and unlocked positions, in which the second part includes a handle actuateable between closed and open positions, a second hook and a second shaft fixed to the fixed structure or to another cowl symmetric with the cowl, in which the second hook is moveable between locked and unlocked positions and in which the second hook is mounted where passage of the handle from the closed to open positions causes the second hook to pass from the locked into the unlocked position and vice versa, and in which the locking system also includes a transmission system to move the first hook from the locked into the unlocked position when the handle passes from the closed into the open position, and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Airbus Operations (S.A.S.)
    Inventors: Thierry Gaches, Mathieu Kaleta, Pascal Gougeon, Lionel Czapla, Frédéric Piard, Bastian Sabathier, Lionel Sillieres
  • Publication number: 20210207557
    Abstract: A turbofan having a nacelle delimiting a duct for a bypass flow and including a fixed structure including a guide vane support with guide vanes, a mobile cowl movable in translation between an advanced position and a retracted position, arms, each one being mobile in rotation on the guide vane support between a stowed position and a deployed position and comprising a distal end and a proximal end, for each pair of adjacent arms, a flexible screen extending angularly between the two arms, and of which an exterior edge is attached to the guide vane support, and wherein the distal end of each arm is fixed along the interior edge, a link rod mounted articulated between the distal ends, actuators to cause the mobile cowl to move, and an operating system which moves each arm. Such an arrangement allows a reduction in weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Lionel CZAPLA, Benjamin THUBERT, Julien LE FANIC
  • Publication number: 20210207556
    Abstract: A turbofan has a nacelle delimiting a duct for a bypass flow and comprises a fixed structure comprising a guide vane support with guide vanes, a mobile cowl able to move in translation between an advanced position and a retracted position, arms, each one being mobile in rotation between a stowed position and a deployed position and comprising a distal end and a proximal end, a flexible screen, of which an exterior edge is attached to the guide vane support rearward of the guide vanes, and wherein the distal end of each arm is fixed along the interior edge, actuators to cause the mobile cowl to move, and an operating system which moves each arm. Replacing the reversal doors and their drive mechanisms with the flexible screen and the set of rotationally-mobile arms allows a reduction in weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Lionel CZAPLA, Benjamin THUBERT, Julien LE FANIC
  • Patent number: 11047262
    Abstract: A propulsion system for an aircraft. The propulsion system comprises a core, an internal fixed structure secured to the core and arranged around the core, and a nacelle surrounding the core and the internal fixed structure in which a secondary flow path is delimited between the internal fixed structure and the nacelle. The internal fixed structure has a slot which permits fluidic communication between a compartment on the inside of the internal fixed structure and the secondary flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS
    Inventors: Thierry Gaches, Lionel Czapla, Bastian Sabathier